~ Peter’s “Precious” Things ~
Precious Blood
~ “And
if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each
one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear;
knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or
gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but
with the precious blood of Christ, as
of a lamb without blemish and without spot” (1 Peter 1:17-19).
The precious blood of
Christ was poured out to redeem mankind who was alienated
from God.
Precious Faith
~ “In
this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have
been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes,
though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the
revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you
love” (1 Peter 1:6-8a). The
precious faith of God’s children is tried and tested as we live out our time on
earth.
Precious Stone
~ “Coming
to Him as to a living stone, rejected
indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones,
are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual
sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 2:4-5). As precious living stones, Christians are to
uphold the truth.
Precious Christ
~ “Therefore,
to you who believe, He [Jesus Christ] is
precious; but to those who are disobedient, ‘The
stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,’ and ‘a
stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.’
They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were
appointed” (1 Peter 2:7-8). As
Christians we are to love our precious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Precious Promises
~ “Grace
and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and
godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by
which have been given to us exceedingly
great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the
divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust”
(2 Peter 1:2-4). As Christians we have been given precious
promises for which we can ask at the throne of grace through prayer.
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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